Angel Stadium of Anaheim

HOUSTON — Don Baylor has no desire to watch a replay of the freak mishap in which he broke his right thigh bone while catching the ceremonial first pitch before the season opener in Angel Stadium on March 31. But the Angels hitting coach has replayed the gruesome scene in his mind dozens of times, from lunging for Vladimir Guerrero’s low-and-away pitch, to twisting his right ankle and knee, and to having his leg buckle, bend and collapse underneath him as athletic trainers helped him to his feet. “It felt like I got drilled by a Nolan Ryan fastball,” Baylor, 64, said by phone from his home in La Quinta, Calif. “You try to stand up, and the leg won’t...

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